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'Crazy'

Reid laughs off the hero tag that has come his way.

"I didn't feel very heroic," he says. "I offered to do it as I was the one with the mast experience and I guess I was in the right spot at the right time. I think most people would have done what I did really."

Rather than let his drama on the high seas put him off sailing, Reid is hoping for a future on the ocean waves.

Reid gave up a previous job in procurement and he doesn't plan on returning to that line of work.

"That's what I've got to work out," he says of his future. "I'd like to do more qualifications for other races. I'm a bit far off something like the Volvo Ocean Race or the Vendee Globe. But I'm keen on a next adventure."

With previous winners of the award including luminaries such as Ben Ainslie, Volvo Ocean Race winner Ian Walker and Clipper Race founder Robin Knox-Johnston, simply being nominated was a huge honor for Reid.